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Murder Is Bad Manners
Murder Is Bad Manners | Robin Stevens
Two friends form a detective agencyand must solve their first murder casein this sharp-witted debut (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that is the first adventure in a brand-new middle grade mystery series set at a 1930s boarding school.Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are best friends at Deepdean School for Girls, and they both have a penchant for solving mysteries. In fact, outspoken Daisy is a self-described Sherlock Holmes, and she appoints wallflower Hazel as her own personal Watson when they form their own (secret!) detective agency. The only problem? They have nothing to investigate. But that changes once Hazel discovers the body of their science teacher, Miss Belland the body subsequently disappears. She and Daisy are certain a murder must have taken place, and they can think of more than one person with a motive. Determined to get to the bottom of the crimeand to prove that it happenedbefore the killer strikes again, Hazel and Daisy must hunt for evidence, spy on their suspects, and use all the cunning, scheming, and intuition they can muster. But will they succeed? And can their friendship stand the test?
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Charityann
Murder Most Unladylike | Robin Stevens
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We are read this one for the Nancy Drew vibes book club on Fable. Check out the details here: https://charityrau.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/nancy-drew-vibes-book-club-januarys-...

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MariaW
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And this is how the recommendation for students looks like. No that any ever came to get one the recommended books, they mostly go for Greg‘s Diary. But at least they read. I ordered the series of Murder Most Ladylike anyway because I liked it. 😜

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MariaW
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So, I finished this one in the Natural History Museum. A classic murder mystery set in the school surrounding and girls as detectives. The author uses the point of view of the secretary of the Murder Club instead of the president‘s one, which reminded me of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. In general a story which can be read fast and is a good start into the genre for teenagers. I will definitely recommend it to my students.

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MariaW
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This is how it looks like reading in a Natural History Museum of Switzerland. They even opened it for the Silent Reading club two hours in advance.
I was reading Murder Most Unladylike because it is going to be the next tip for my school‘s English library which I am taking care of.

bthegood love this - 🙂 5mo
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Cupcake12
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I‘ve read all of these! It has to be one of my favourite series of all time. I have the British covers though but these are gorgeous x

Deblovestoread I love the look of these 😍 10mo
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RobES
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My daughter, Lily, is 10 and she highly recommends this series. It seems to be a Nancy Drewesque series that is good for kids who are graduating from 'Secret Seven' and 'Famous Five'. It seems to use some great extended vocab and it definitely made Lil think 👍💛

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AnneCecilie
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#AdventRecommends December 16th

This might be another cheat, but this year I read the first four books in the Wells and Wong mystery series. They are such a delight.

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rwmg
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Mehso-so

A mashup of Golden Age mysteries and Edith Blyton's school stories.

I was expecting this to be very funny but it wasn't particularly. It wasn't so bad that I wanted to DNF it but for most of the first 2/3 I just felt impatient to get it over and done with. It only really got interesting the last 1/3 but not so interesting that I will be continuing with the series. Maybe the kid detective genre is just not for me.

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rwmg
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ravenlee
Murder Is Bad Manners | Robin Stevens
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I quite enjoyed this - though I think I‘d like the UK version better, we make do with what we can get. Hazel stumbles across her teacher‘s body, but when she comes back with help it‘s gone. Best friend Daisy decides they‘re going to solve the mystery, which they do! There‘s some bickering and not always being good to each other (well, Daisy isn‘t always good to Hazel…or anyone else), but it was fun. #roll100

PuddleJumper Brilliant! 1y
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BiblioLitten
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I remember reading The Naughiest Girl series as a kid and being fascinated with boarding schools. Then Lowood School in Jane Eyre burst my bubble. But it feels nice to be back in a boarding school setting where Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong solve mysteries ranging from finding tuck boxes to solving murders. 💙

Set in 1934. #currentlyreading

Wesleypaker @BiblioLitten Hello how are you doing today? 1y
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AnneCecilie
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The first book in the Well & Wong mystery series about Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. They are two girls at Deepdean School in 1934. One day one of the teachers, Miss Bell, is found dead and they decide to investigate this.

I loved Daisy and Hazel, and have already ordered the next book from the library.

batsy I really enjoyed this one. 2y
kspenmoll Want to read this- sounds like fun. 2y
Cupcake12 I love this whole series! There‘s also a new one out this month too 2y
AnneCecilie @batsy @Cupcake12 I already have the second book out from the library. 2y
AnneCecilie @kspenmoll It absolutely is 😀 2y
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Cupcake12
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#sundayfunday
1. Tagged
2. At home on the sofa, a cosy blanket, chocolate and sat next to my two dogs 🐶
3. Tea

BookmarkTavern Love to read cuddled with the pets! ❤️🐾❤️ Thanks for sharing! 2y
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batsy
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A Christie-Doyle mashup set in a 1930s English girls' boarding school. As such, you can expect bunbreaks, tuck boxes, sick room escapades, prep, & bloody murder. Utterly delightful, but the partnership of beautiful blonde English rose Daisy & Hong Kong transplant Hazel is both intriguing & problematic, insofar as Daisy exhibits some of the narcissism & privilege that is reminiscent of Cumberbatch's Sherlock. Interested to see how this develops.

LeahBergen This was a cute book. 2y
batsy @LeahBergen It was! Have you kept up with the series? 2y
Cupcake12 I‘ve read the whole series and loved everyone! There is a new one out in autumn 2y
LeahBergen Nope! Only the first, so far. 2y
batsy @Cupcake12 I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the series! I'm looking forward to the other books—the ideal comfort read. 2y
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ScientistSam
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A truly charming middle-grade murder mystery. Taking place at an English boarding school between the wars, this book is narrated by Hazel Wong, recently of Hong Kong. When Hazel finds the body of a dead schoolmistress, she runs for her friend and fellow detective society member Daisy Wells. What follows is an exciting adventure...

I'm looking forward to reading more in the series! The only thing that threw me a bit were some Americanisms.

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Annie1215
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What a great day for #bookmail !

I got this book and sweet note from @TheAromaofBooks and for my next #lmpbc book from @MeganAnn

Ready to get reading!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Even though I knew I wasn't going to reread that one & thus should send it off to a new home, I almost kept it because I was so attracted to the sprayed page edges 😂 Why don't all books do that?? 3y
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Cupcake12
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#Sundayfunday
1. 9 books in total (the tagged book)
2. No. I quite like waiting in between books so I can catch up on other TBR books.
3. I don‘t mind 🙂

BookmarkTavern For your 2, I too like to live dangerously. 😁 Thanks for posting! 3y
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jen_hayes7
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This book was cute and had a puzzling mystery. I LOVE Hazel, she is a sweet, smart, and thoughtful character. Daisy, not so much, but she‘s a great contrast to Hazel. Looking forward to continuing the series!!#catsoflitsy #lennox #huey

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jmtrivera
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The entire concept of this book is charming & delightful. Hazel is a lovable protagonist, and she & Daisy have such a clever & determined way about them. It would be hard not to be entertained by their resolve to find answers & do what's right. The mystery itself was nothing crazy or dark, but it was fun to play along as they solved it. Looking forward to the next book!

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mrp27
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ November #bookspin completed. Generally I enjoy this mystery series set at an all girls English boarding school but this is definitely not a favorite. In this installment I was annoyed with Daisy and her snobbish treatment of best friend Hazel, not a great example of an equal female friendship, and although the mystery was clever, it felt long winded. Despite all this I will continue on with the series because I‘ve liked the other books.

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! Also I'm rather in love with your pumpkins!! 3y
mrp27 @TheAromaofBooks Thanks! The pumpkins were a new purchase this year and I love them! (edited) 3y
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mrp27
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Excited for this months picks! 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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charl08
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The others all have good alibis - and although in books they might have done it by constructing a dastardly long range missile out of a trombone, three plant pots and the Gym vaulting horse, in real life that sort of thing does seem beyond the bounds of possibility...

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charl08
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I loved 1930s boarding school stories - this is a fun throwback.

mrp27 Love these books. Such a cute series. 3y
charl08 @mrp27 yes, I am enjoying v much. 3y
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emmaturi
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I really enjoyed this murder mystery set at a boarding school in England. This is the first in the series around 10 books I think. I have ordered the next one too! #mysterybooks

Cathythoughts Sounds good 👍🏻❤️ 4y
emmaturi Yes, it was! @Cathythoughts 4y
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emmaturi
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This is a new series for me, the blue book is the first one and the shiny one is the latest in the series. There are only about 9 or so in between. Hope I like the series then! #tbr

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Cupcake12
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#thankfulthursday
My daughter chose this book for me with the the help of hubby paying for it!
1. When I was 16 my Nan was in the WI. I was asked to type up recipe books for their summer fayre. The great thing was...I wasn‘t paid in cash I was given all home made flowers, Jams, cakes and bookmarks as a thank you❤️
2. My husband is holiday and the weather as been very kind to us so I‘m thankful for quality family time
Thank you for the tag @Mrs_B

Chelsea.Poole What a sweet job! 4y
Mrs_B Awww that's so cute! 4y
Cosmos_Moon Yum! I would work for jam and cakes! Thanks for playing 🥰 4y
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Cupcake12
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#twofortuesday
1. I‘ve had the tagged book on my TBR list for a long time and I completed it in three days, need to read the rest of the series now!
2. Trying to mark off some #summerbingo books and I‘m still trying to do a buddy read too

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🤩 4y
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Cupcake12
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This is the first book in the series and it certainly did not disappoint. A mash up of Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes. Two strong female leads start up a Detective Agency at Boarding School. They are both successful at finding out secrets - I loved this “Whodunit” mystery -from the number of suspects to motives, the author keeps up the suspense throughout. Can‘t wait to read the next book on the series.

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Cupcake12
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Not a cloud in the sky. In the UK today....mini heatwave 32c, don‘treally feel like doing anything!
#readinginthegarden #toohottodoanything

Cuilin Sounds like the perfect day! Enjoy. ☀️ 📖 🍹 4y
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Cupcake12
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This has been sitting in my TBR stack and tonight I‘m finally going to start it!
#cantwait #newbook

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Hufflepuffle
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Catching up on reviews!

This was an fun, fast paced read, perfect for when it is hard to focus on anything too heavy. A good murder mystery, great characters and just an all round fun book. I will definitely be reading more from Robin Stevens!

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Kateri
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Really enjoyed this book. Characters are great and I loved the school setting. Very much Nancy Drew meets Chalet School vibe.

batsy Nancy Drew meets Chalet School sounds perfect 😍 4y
Nute Can‘t beat that described vibe! 4y
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Hufflepuffle
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Am I in the middle of 3 books already? Yes!
Am I about to start a fourth? Also yes!
My library hold came in so it would be rude not to right?

BookmarkTavern Of course! That makes perfect sense to me. 😁 4y
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LeahBergen
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“There‘s been a rather shocking murder at Deepdean School for Girls...”

This middle-grade novel, set in an English boarding school in 1932, is just about the right amount of deepness I need in my reading life at the moment. 😆

veritysalter My daughter loves these, I‘ve always been tempted to read them myself. ♥️ 4y
rubyslippersreads I‘ve had this series on my TBR list for awhile. 4y
LeahBergen @veritysalter This one was really fun and I‘m sure I‘d have been enamoured as a kid. How are you doing? Is all well? 4y
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LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I think you‘d like it! How are things for you? Staying well and reasonably sane? 4y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Doing fine, as long as the wine and the cat food hold out! 😹 4y
Reviewsbylola I love everything about this! 4y
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valeriegeary
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Happy weekend Littens! What exciting things happened this week? What interesting books did you find?

I finished revising a manuscript & turned it into my agent! Woo! This is my 4th revision & a chance to polish polish polish before finding a new publisher. Fingers crossed my agent likes the new version! All that work has worn me out a bit though. So you can bet I'm going to be spending my weekend snuggled up w/this doggo & a stack of books. 📚🐕

gradcat I cannot think of a better partner to cuddle up with over the weekend—sooo cute! 🐶 ♥️ 5y
LiteraryinLawrence Congrats on turning in your manuscript after all that hard work! Now you deserve a break! 5y
kspenmoll Congrats! That is wonderful! Enjoy your break & doggy love! 5y
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valeriegeary @gradcat at some point he's going to demand a walk.... But I think I have at least an hour before that happens 😂 5y
valeriegeary @LiteraryinLititz @kspenmoll thank you! It feels good to have it off my desk! Now to catch up on all the reading (and housework) I've neglected. 😆 5y
LeahBergen Congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y
LauraBeth Yay! 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations - looking forward to your next book! 5y
gradcat I forgot to congratulate you on the manuscript—I got completely sidetracked by the doggy—anyway, congratulations!!🎊🎉🍾 👏🏻 5y
valeriegeary @gradcat thank you! 😘 5y
valeriegeary @LauraBeth fingers crossed for me! I have to go through the nerve wracking process of finding a new publisher.... 😬 5y
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Verity
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Saw this shelf talker in Foyles Charing Cross Road and I could not agree more. One of my favourite current middle grade series

Melissa_J Foyles at Charing Cross is my favourite bookstore! Unfortunately I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic to visit regularly 😢 5y
Verity @Melissa_J I love it too. It‘s my treat to myself to go for a wander there. And this week has been hellaciously busy, so when I ended up not going home after work on Tuesday night, I made a visit my Wednesday treat. 5y
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Sarah83
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Look what I found in my local bookstore yesterday... A signed copy of the tagged book. 😍😍😍😍

AmyG It‘s so wonderful finding random signed books! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Cool find!👍 5y
yourfavouritemixtape Oh, I need to read more of this series! Read book 1 and 2 and then stopped. 5y
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Sarah83 @yourfavouritemixtape I just wrote the review for your book at #12Littens12books. 😍 Maybe we connect, wenn you read my entry. 😍 5y
Sarah83 @yourfavouritemixtape or I send you my notes via what's app. 😉 It's your choice. 🙌 5y
LeahBergen I bought this one, too! 5y
Sarah83 @LeahBergen maybe another buddyread? 😍 5y
yourfavouritemixtape @Sarah83 I think I‘ll wait for the whole thing and then read all the reviews in one. I‘m already so excited! 5y
Sarah83 @yourfavouritemixtape ok. Sounds great 5y
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jmtrivera
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Thanks so much @BookishMarginalia ! I've been dying to read these since I saw you post about them in the summer!

BookishMarginalia I‘m glad! Enjoy! 5y
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BookishMarginalia
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Relaxing after work with this terrific #middlegrade #cozymystery featuring Daisy Wells and BFF Hazel Wong, founders and only members of a secret detective society at posh British boarding school Deepdean School for Girls in the 1930s.

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BookishMarginalia
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I really really REALLY want this #middlegrade mystery series! It looks like such fun! #LondonUK

ravenlee Is the tagged book first in the series? 5y
MicheleinPhilly That sounds positively delightful! 5y
BookishMarginalia @ravenlee Yes. Apparently in the States they renamed it 5y
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jmtrivera @BookishMarginalia 🤣🤣 Well, it IS hard to pull off a murder politely. 5y
batsy I haven't read them but I've had my eye on the series for so long! The UK editions are so pretty! 5y
Gillyreads I‘ve read the first one! So good. 5y
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ShyBookOwl
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I had no idea middle grade mysteries could be so fun and intriguing. When I was in middle school, I went through an Agatha Christie phase, but I havent read many mysteries since. This book rekindled that childhood joy for me in an unexpected way. I definitely want to read more of Stevens.

#mysteries
#murder
#nostalgia
#readinglife

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Sarah83
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If work was so horrible, that only books can help... 😍💕

TrishB So true... 5y
LeahBergen True! 5y
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shanaqui
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Here's the #bookblanket motif for this book! "Claret" for a mystery and "boysenberry" for a book bought this year.

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shanaqui
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I got this because I'm trying to put my money where my mouth is, and the author did a great thread on Twitter. It's a bit younger than I usually enjoy, but it's good fun all the same. I don't love Daisy, of course, but I'm not sure you're supposed to; like her role model Sherlock, her genius is flawed. She and her friendship with Hazel felt realistic; I remember worshipping another girl like that at school, and how awful it was when we had a row!

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Gillyreads
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Bought another book on our day trip to Bath. 📚

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theshrinkette
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Sunday nights are the best time to start murder mysteries, no?

cdreincarnate Start, yes. Finish, not so much. 5y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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One stack of paperbacks for #RiotGrams...

britt_brooke Nice photo! 6y
JoScho ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 6y
tammysue 🌈❤️💛💚 6y
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LeahBergen I‘ve been meaning to try this series for ages! 6y
batsy 😍 6y
Nerdgirl_Ms_Sorrells pretty🌈 6y
Linsy Pretty! 💜❤️💛🧡💚💙 (edited) 6y
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Lizpixie
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Bk179 Of 2017 is done!This book is the first in a series of cozy crime novels which are like a middle grade version of Agatha Christie.Set in a English boarding school in the 1930s,two third graders decide to start a detective agency when one of them finds the body of their science teacher in the gym,only for the body to disappear 5mins later. It suffers from first book syndrome a bit, but was a very cute read. Thanks to @thegirlwiththelibrarybag

Verity I love this series: like Enid Blyton boarding school stories and Agatha Christie Books had a baby. But more diverse! 6y
Karkar Marvin the Martian!!! My favorite ❤️❤️ (edited) 6y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag It was a little too close to a famous Agatha Christie book... but still great fun! I need to get back into this series ☺️ 6y
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Lizpixie
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It‘s 5am on Thursday here in Sydney and I haven‘t slept yet. Insomnia can be a bitch.😳 Dulling the pain with a bowl of chocolate frozen custard, toffee caramel frozen custard & Maggie Beers Burnt Fig, Caramel & Honeycomb icecream paired with Bk179 Of 2017, Murder Most Unladylike which was a #letsgetcozy swap gift from @thegirlwiththelibrarybag earlier this year

JacqMac It is a bitch. I finally had a good sleep last night for the first time in days. I hope it gets better for you. 6y
Centique I hope your insomnia goes away! Secondly isn‘t Maggie Beer awesome 🙌🙌 Love her food but haven‘t had her icecream yet. 6y
Lizpixie @JacqMac thanks lovely, me too. Yay for your sleep though!👏👏 @Centique unfortunately it‘s been lifelong for me, I‘ve learnt to sleep when I can. Maggie Beer is s food goddess, you have to try her ice creams! I love the one here the most but she has a chocolate one that‘s fantastic and a new honey & almond I think which was very nice. Sweet, but really nice. Plus more flavours. 6y
Dragon @Lizpixie your ice cream sounds so yummy! Hope you sleep better tonight. Take care of yourself 💐 6y
Jeg I‘m on the opposite coast. I wake at 4am and read. It‘s wonderful . 6y
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